# 1996 London Marathon

The 1996 London Marathon was the 16th running of the annual marathon race in London, United Kingdom, which took place on Sunday, 21 April. The elite men's race was won by Mexico's Dionicio Cerón, who won his third straight title in a time of 2:10:00 hours, and the women's race was won by home athlete Liz McColgan in 2:27:54.
In the wheelchair races, Britain's David Holding (1:43:48) and Tanni Grey (2:00:10) won the men's and women's divisions, respectively. Grey's winning time was a course record.
Around 68,000 people applied to enter the race, of which 39,173 had their applications accepted and 27,134 started the race. A total of 26,806 runners finished the race.

## Results
### Men

| Position | Athlete | Nationality | Time |
| | Dionicio Cerón | Mexico | 2:10:00 |
| | Vincent Rousseau | Belgium | 2:10:26 |
| | Paul Evans | United Kingdom | 2:10:40 |
| 4 | Jackson Kabiga | Kenya | 2:10:43 |
| 5 | Antonio Serrano | Spain | 2:10:55 |
| 6 | Domingos Castro | Portugal | 2:11:12 |
| 7 | Eddy Hellebuyck | Belgium | 2:11:53 |
| 8 | Benson Masya | Kenya | 2:12:43 |
| 9 | Gary Staines | United Kingdom | 2:12:54 |
| 10 | Tesfaye Bekele | Ethiopia | 2:14:37 |
| 11 | Germán Silva | Mexico | 2:14:49 |
| 12 | José Ramon Torres | Spain | 2:16:57 |
| 13 | José Duarte | Mexico | 2:16:59 |
| 14 | José Castillo | Peru | 2:17:59 |
| 15 | Pamenos Ballantyne | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 2:18:21 |
| 16 | Markku Hilden | Finland | 2:18:36 |
| 17 | Anatoliy Archakov | Russia | 2:19:04 |
| 18 | Mark Hudspith | United Kingdom | 2:19:25 |
| 19 | Thabiso Moqhali | Lesotho | 2:19:35 |
| 20 | Hajime Nakatomi | Japan | 2:20:27 |
| 21 | Thierry Constantin | Switzerland | 2:20:38 |
| 22 | Jerome Claeys | Belgium | 2:21:47 |
| 23 | Richard Mulligan | Ireland | 2:21:52 |
| 24 | José Apalanza | Spain | 2:22:04 |
| 25 | William Foster | United Kingdom | 2:22:13 |
| — | Eamonn Martin | United Kingdom | DNF |
| — | Jon Solly | United Kingdom | DNF |
| — | Paul Davies-Hale | United Kingdom | DNF |

### Women

| Position | Athlete | Nationality | Time |
| | Liz McColgan | United Kingdom | 2:27:54 |
| | Joyce Chepchumba | Kenya | 2:30:09 |
| | Małgorzata Sobańska | Poland | 2:30:17 |
| 4 | Angelina Kanana | Kenya | 2:30:25 |
| 5 | Anita Håkenstad | Norway | 2:31:07 |
| 6 | Alina Ivanova | Russia | 2:32:09 |
| 7 | Renata Kokowska | Poland | 2:32:46 |
| 8 | Firaya Sultanova-Zhdanova | Russia | 2:32:50 |
| 9 | Jane Salumäe | Estonia | 2:33:18 |
| 10 | Alena Mazouka | Belarus | 2:33:58 |
| 11 | Serap Aktaş | Turkey | 2:34:00 |
| 12 | Janeth Mayal | Brazil | 2:35:33 |
| 13 | Hellen Kimaiyo | Kenya | 2:36:12 |
| 14 | Sally Eastall | United Kingdom | 2:38:59 |
| 15 | Danielle Sanderson | United Kingdom | 2:39:46 |
| 16 | Lale Öztürk | Turkey | 2:43:23 |
| 17 | Catherina Smyth | Ireland | 2:43:49 |
| 18 | Tracy Swindell | United Kingdom | 2:44:49 |
| 19 | Zina Marchant | United Kingdom | 2:45:42 |
| 20 | Sandra Branney | United Kingdom | 2:46:19 |
| 21 | Debbie Percival | United Kingdom | 2:48:49 |
| 22 | Nurten Tasdemir | Turkey | 2:50:28 |
| 23 | Mary Braverman | United States | 2:51:06 |
| 25 | Jackie Newton | United Kingdom | 2:51:59 |

### Wheelchair men

| Position | Athlete | Nationality | Time |
| | David Holding | United Kingdom | 1:43:48 |
| | Bogdan Krol | Poland | 1:43:54 |
| | Jack McKenna | United Kingdom | 1:45:18 |
| 4 | Ivan Newman | United Kingdom | 1:47:09 |
| 5 | Huub Nelisse | Netherlands | 1:51:56 |
| 6 | Chris Madden | United Kingdom | 1:51:57 |
| 7 | Richie Powell | United Kingdom | 1:54:32 |
| 8 | Theo Geeve | Sweden | 1:55:40 |
| 9 | Ian Thompson | United Kingdom | 1:56:14 |
| 10 | John Vink | Netherlands | 1:59:40 |

### Wheelchair women

| Position | Athlete | Nationality | Time |
| | Tanni Grey | United Kingdom | 2:00:10 |
| | Rose Hill | United Kingdom | 2:10:09 |
| | Sophie Dettman | ? | 2:12:46 |
| 4 | Fiona Neale | United Kingdom | 2:23:07 |
| 5 | Karen Dark | United Kingdom | 2:31:24 |